First time visit , what to expect

Big parking lot and lovely park for people and dogs on leash to walk around, playground for children and marked trails up in the woods. It is March so lots of ice on the trails, need spikes to walk it.

The fenced in dog park is big enough to run and play with other dogs if that’s what you brought your dog there to do. Lots of dogs playing together on a Saturday morning, all the owners were watching and being attentive. The thing about dog parks is all the dogs want to greet your dog almost at the same time. Then some want to try and dominate by mounting your dog. Quickly your dog will let the others dogs know whether this will happen or not. When one dog doesn’t want to be dominated sometimes posturing will occur, Sounds like a fight with snarling and mouthing but no real contact made. My dog does not like to be mounted and quickly shrugs off any dog who tries. Nothing like this happened today, so it was a fine experience for us. I watched from the car first to see what kind of play was going on and if the owners were watching. My dog likes to play fetch with a flick it and ball. We were able to do this without incident just another dog wanted to play with the ball too and I expect that to happen. Know that dogs picking up the same toy and putting it in their mouths and drinking out of the same community bowls can pass kennel cough and other contagious diseases. It’s true the small pet area looks like a time out box for disobedient dogs. I don’t even know why they built that. I would not put a small dog in the big fenced in area, there is too much room for things to go wrong. The only thing my dog didn’t like was the rocky terrain. The entire area is just dirt and rocks and was hard on his paw pads. It’s still a good dog park as far as they go if you are bringing your dog to socialize with other dogs then that is what you can expect to happen.

Mar. 07, 2021